diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPack.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPack.java
index db0d26746..926c35a69 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPack.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPack.java
@@ -1017,27 +1017,23 @@ else if (requestValidator instanceof AnyRequestValidator)
 			if (!err.isOutput() && err.getMessage() != null) {
 				try {
 					pckOut.writeString("ERR " + err.getMessage() + "\n"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
-					err.setOutput();
-				} catch (Throwable err2) {
-					// Ignore this secondary failure (and not mark output).
+				} catch (IOException e) {
+					err.addSuppressed(e);
+					throw err;
 				}
+				err.setOutput();
 			}
 			throw err;
 		} catch (IOException | RuntimeException | Error err) {
-			boolean output = false;
+			String msg = err instanceof PackProtocolException ? err.getMessage()
+					: JGitText.get().internalServerError;
 			try {
-				String msg = err instanceof PackProtocolException
-						? err.getMessage()
-						: JGitText.get().internalServerError;
 				pckOut.writeString("ERR " + msg + "\n"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
-				output = true;
-			} catch (Throwable err2) {
-				// Ignore this secondary failure, leave output false.
+			} catch (IOException e) {
+				err.addSuppressed(e);
+				throw err;
 			}
-			if (output) {
-				throw new UploadPackInternalServerErrorException(err);
-			}
-			throw err;
+			throw new UploadPackInternalServerErrorException(err);
 		} finally {
 			if (!sendPack && !biDirectionalPipe) {
 				while (0 < rawIn.skip(2048) || 0 <= rawIn.read()) {
@@ -2077,31 +2073,26 @@ private void sendPack(PackStatistics.Accumulator accumulator,
 				// This was already reported on (below).
 				throw noPack;
 			} catch (IOException | RuntimeException | Error err) {
-				if (reportInternalServerErrorOverSideband()) {
-					throw new UploadPackInternalServerErrorException(err);
-				} else {
+				try {
+					reportInternalServerErrorOverSideband();
+				} catch (IOException e) {
+					err.addSuppressed(e);
 					throw err;
 				}
+				throw new UploadPackInternalServerErrorException(err);
 			}
 		} else {
 			sendPack(false, req, accumulator, allTags, unshallowCommits, deepenNots);
 		}
 	}
 
-	private boolean reportInternalServerErrorOverSideband() {
-		try {
-			@SuppressWarnings("resource" /* java 7 */)
-			SideBandOutputStream err = new SideBandOutputStream(
-					SideBandOutputStream.CH_ERROR,
-					SideBandOutputStream.SMALL_BUF,
-					rawOut);
-			err.write(Constants.encode(JGitText.get().internalServerError));
-			err.flush();
-			return true;
-		} catch (Throwable cannotReport) {
-			// Ignore the reason. This is a secondary failure.
-			return false;
-		}
+	private void reportInternalServerErrorOverSideband() throws IOException {
+		@SuppressWarnings("resource" /* java 7 */)
+		SideBandOutputStream err = new SideBandOutputStream(
+				SideBandOutputStream.CH_ERROR, SideBandOutputStream.SMALL_BUF,
+				rawOut);
+		err.write(Constants.encode(JGitText.get().internalServerError));
+		err.flush();
 	}
 
 	/**